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PTE Listening
PTE Listening is the last section in the PTE exam. This section tests your listening
ability and how well you understand the English language. Before going into the
techniques let’s first look at the question types and how they are scored. In the
exam, there will be a total of 8 tasks which focuses on testing your different skills
ranging from your grammar, vocabulary, and spellings. The PTE Listening section is
timed between 45-57 minutes depending on the number of the question set for
that particular exam.
First Listening Task:

Summarize Spoken Text
Question Prompt in Exam:
Introduction:
What to expect in PTE Question Type Summarize Spoken Text
In this section, you will hear a short audio lecture/ monologue/ speech or a
conversation. You need to write a summary on the lecture you have heard.
You should write between 50-70 words .You have 10 minutes to finish this
task. Your response will be assessed on the quality of your writing and on how
well your response presents the key points presented in the report. There will
be 2-3 item questions in the exam from this section. The recording will be
between 60 to 90 seconds long.
Scoring Pattern:
Task Total No of Speaking Writing Reading Listening

Contribution Qty
Summarise 25 2-3 12 13
Spoken Text
Out of 180 90 90
Scoring attributes:
Enabling skills and Grammar 2 Correct grammatical structures
other traits scored 1 Contains grammatical errors with no
hindrance to communication
0 Defective grammatical structure which
could hinder communications
Vocabulary 2 Appropriate choice of words

1 Some lexical errors but with no hindrance
to communication
0 Defective word choice which could hinder
communication
Spellings 2 Correct spelling

1 One spelling error
0 More than one spelling errors
Communicative skills Content 2 Provides a good summary of the text. All

relevant aspects are motioned
1 Provides a fair summary of the text, but
one or two aspects are missing
0 Omits or misrepresents the main aspects
Form 2 Contains 50-70 words

1 Contains 40-49 words or 71-100 words
0 Contains less than 40 words or more than
100 words. Summary is written in capital
letters, contains no punctuation or consists
only of bullet points or very short
sentences.
Source: https://pearsonpte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Score-Guide-for-test-takers-V12-20191030.pdf
Assumption of score evaluation:
Formula to calculate marks for individual question = Total weight age of marks / No of question
So, if total weight age for summarise spoken text = for 2-3 questions,
Then, Marks for individual question =
Formula to calculate marks for individual Communicative skills = marks for individual question *
weight age of Communicative skills as per band chart / total weight age for Summarise Spoken Text.
For writing, weight age of communicative skills as per band chart is 12 and for listening, weight age of
communicative skills as per band chart is 13.
So, Writing is of (---*12)/ ------ and Listening is of (----*13)/--------.
Now, consider If test taker obtained below three enabling skills for Summarise Spoken Text:
Criteria Out of Grade obtained
Grammar 2 1.5
Vocabulary 2 1
Spellings 2 1.5
Total 6 4
Then, his/her actual score for single Summarise Spoken Text will be as given above.
Formula to calculate actual score = (grade obtained in enabling skills* Marks for individual
question)/Max grade of enabling skills.
So, actual score is (4*3)/6 = 2 out of which, Writing is of (------------)/------- =---------- and Listening is of
(------------)/----------- =------------.
Note: The attributes given above are based on the fact of PTE band descriptor chart.
Tips:
This task requires the candidate to note the summary which is been spoken by the speaker over the
audio. Once the lecture begins you need to be very attentive about what the lecture is all about. Here
you will have to take the summary which means main points of the lecture.
You may get confused with Summarize Written text and Summarize Spoken Text. Summarize Written is
to read and write one sentence whereas, Summarize Spoken Text is all about listening and making a
summary of multiple sentences and of 50 to 70 words. However, it is very similar to Retell Lecture from
the Speaking Module.
Summaries Spoke Test is timed separately to the other 7 listening task. Hence, use all of the 10 minutes
for each SST.
How to score on each Communicative and Enabling Skills is as given

below:
1. For content you will need to mention the Main Topic and important keywords in the summary.
You will score zero if you write anything irrelevant.
2. To score for the length that’s the form of the SST ,you will at least need to write 50 to 70 words
in the summary. You will lose points if you write less than 50 or more than 70 words. So write
between 65 to 70 words. DON’T WRITE IN UPPERCASE LETTERS. Use correct punctuation marks.
3. To score for the Grammar, the summary should have grammatically accurate sentences where,
the sentence construction, Subject verb agreement and the tenses should be perfect.
4. To score for Vocabulary you need to use appropriate and precise words connecting to the
lecture spoken.
5. To score for Spellings, there will be no option of spelling the words incorrectly. Make sure that
not even one word should be written incorrectly.
PROCEDURE OF DOING SST IN BEST WAY.
What to do first
1. While listening write down the topic of the lecture, keywords and concept if possible.
2. Concentration is very important . Hence, start listening SST Podcast or English Documentaries to
improve your Listening Skills.
3. Concentrate on meaningful words, for example; if thelectureid about food, then concentrate on
words like: food/ health/ vitamins/ immune/ nutrients etc and not the grammatical words like a/
the/ it/ over/ which/ to etc.
4. Look for Nouns, verbs as the noun and verbs make a concept along with Adjectives too. So in
short the Concept = Noun+ Verb+ Adjective . “ Teachers believe in spreading knowledge”.
What to do next
1. After taking the words try to fit them into a structure as given below:
He Speaker was discussing TOPIC
She/he mentioned KEYWORD
She/he talked about KEYWORD
She/he described KEYWORD
She/he suggested KEYWORD
For example: The speaker was discussing innovation in education. He mentioned how education has
changed enormously. He talked about the impact of teaching techniques. He described the
inventions of education in all sectors of life. He suggested that education will change significantly in
the coming centuries.
So here you will score
Content: 1 point
Length: 2 point
Grammar 2 points
Vocabulary: 2 points
Spelling: 2 points Total: 9/10.

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First Listening Task:

Task Total No of Speaking Writing Reading Listening

Vocabulary 2 Appropriate choice of words

Spellings 2 Correct spelling

Communicative skills Content 2 Provides a good summary of the text. All

Form 2 Contains 50-70 words

Criteria Out of Grade obtained

How to score on each Communicative and Enabling Skills is as given

PROCEDURE OF DOING SST IN BEST WAY.

Spelling: 2 points Total: 9/10.

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